Diana
Manufactured: 1960's
Lens: plastic f/4.5(dull), f/6.3(cloudy), f/16(sunny) 60mm
Shutter: I(about 1/30 to 1/200 sec), B
Focusing: 4' to infinity
Film: 120
Negative size: 4x4cm


Beginning in the early 1960's the Diana camera was manufactured by The Great Wall Plastic Factory of Kowloon, Hong Kong. In the United States the camera was sold by the twelve dozen and cost three dollars per camera. The single shutter speed varies from about 1/30 to 1/200 of a second, depending on the individual camera. The camera makes 16 exposures of about 4x4cm per roll of 120 film.

The Diana cameras possess many characteristics usually thought of as flaws. The cameras have optical distortions, light leaks, low contrast from the plastic lens, barrel distortion, chromatic aberration often resulting in unique, sometimes beautiful soft-focus, dreamy images.

The Diana has become a collectors item selling for as much as $100 dollars at auction on ebay. The camera has a certain liberating effect allowing the photographer to see past the equipment.